Informatics

The goal of health informatics systems is to enable smooth transfer of data and cybersecurity across the healthcare enterprise. This includes patient information, images, subspecialty reporting systems, lab results, scheduling, revenue management, hospital inventory, and many other health IT systems. These systems include the electronic medical record (EMR) admission discharge and transfer (ADT) system, hospital information system (HIS), radiology picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), cardiovascular information systems (CVIS), archive solutions including cloud storage and vendor neutral archives (VNA), and other medical informatics systems.

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Beacons share strategies, successes

The Beacon community program was designed to drive investment in health IT infrastructure and as the three-year grant-funded projects come to an end this fall, a wide range of achievements have been recognized.

Home Health EMR Vendor Links to Great Lakes Health Information Exchange

Healthcare Synergy Inc. has signed an agreement with Great Lakes Health Information Exchange (GLHIE) forging the first partnership of a home health electronic medical record (EMR) vendor with the Michigan based health information exchange.

HIMSS Analytics: Successful HIE requires paper-based strategies

Despite increasing participation in health information organizations, challenges persist in the collection and sharing of patient data, according to a report from HIMSS Analytics.

HIE governance best practices, ONC activities explored

“It’s imperative that there is a chain of trust throughout the exchange of healthcare information. We are only as strong as the weakest link,” said Paul Uhrig, chief administrative and legal officer, chief privacy officer, Surescripts, during a Sept. 17 National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) webinar on health information exchange (HIE) governance activities.

HIE agreement allows exchange of 5.4M patient records in N.Y.

A new agreement between four upstate New York Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) allows for the secure exchange of electronic medical records amongst Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany healthcare professionals. In total, the agreement allows providers to securely share 5.4 million patient health records among 110 hospitals in a 44-county region.

Colorado’s largest medical labs linked up to HIE

Quest Diagnostics’ recent entry into Colorado’s health information exchange (HIE)—the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO)—means that all of the state’s largest medical laboratories are now linked to the exchange, according to CORHIO.

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Will HIE efforts be sustained?

During the past month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT presented their strategy to accelerate health information exchange.

NY HIE earns CORE certification

HEALTHeNET, the administrative equivalent of HEALTHeLINK, western New York’s clinical information exchange, has received CAQH Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange Certification, Phase I and II, for its clearinghouse product.

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